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George Mason Graham. George Mason Graham (21 August 1807 – 31 January 1891), known as Mason Graham, was a Virginia-born lawyer, planter and educator. [1] Sometimes called the “Father of LSU,” Graham became the first chairman of the board of trustees of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning, the forerunner of Louisiana State University. [2]
George Mason Graham (21 August 1807 – 31 January 1891), known as Mason Graham, was a Virginia-born lawyer, planter and educator. Sometimes called the “Father of LSU,” Graham became the first chairman of the board of trustees of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning, the forerunner of Louisiana State University.
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His name was his mother Betsey’s idea, a way of honoring her late husband, former Secretary of War George Mason V., who died in 1796 on his 43rdbirthday. Betsey was just 28, widowed with six small children. Seven years later, she married another man named George. Although he lacked a famous surname, George Graham, a lawyer with whom she would have ...
Mason Graham wasn’t the founder of LSU; the state legislature was. Yet LSU, as an institution, would likely not exist if Mason Graham hadn’t moved to Rapides Parish, Louisiana. And Mason Graham wouldn’t have ever moved to Rapides Parish if the slave trade had been illegal. Six years after he arrived, Graham returned to Virginia, got married, and br...
On Jan. 18th, 1861, William Tecumseh Sherman, superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, sent Gov. Thomas Overton Moore a letter of resignation. “I accepted such position when Louisiana was a state in the Union, and when the motto of this Seminary was inserted in marble over the main door: ‘By the liberality of...
William Tecumseh Sherman and Don Carlos Buell, the man who recommended him for the job in Louisiana, became national heroes during the Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union that Mason Graham’s father and the family of his namesake, the Masons, had helped to create. Mason Graham lost nearly everything. His home at Tyrone Plantation had been spar...
Graham's Dawnna Metcalf, left and George Mason's Maggie Mascarenhas, right, collide in the 2nd half as George Mason defeats Graham 4 - 0 to win the... George Mason's team members gather the Championship trophy after George Mason defeated Graham 4 - 0 to win the Virginia State single A girls soccer...
Apr 1, 2024 · On April 13, the oldest modern dance ensemble in the country, Martha Graham Dance Company, returns to the Center with a program that celebrates the company’s 100th anniversary through iconic classics and new work. The spectacular program features pieces by choreographers Agnes de Mille, Jamar Roberts, and of course, Martha Graham, including a special performance by Mason School of Dance ...
Nov 8, 2023 · Birthdate: August 21, 1807. Death: January 31, 1891 (83) Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Place of Burial: Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Immediate Family: Son of Capt George Graham, acting US Secretary of War and Elizabeth Mary Ann Barnes Graham.
Samuel H. Lockett. Materials. Oil on canvas. Measurements. 83" x 60". Time Period. Circa 1869. Full-length portrait of George Mason Graham.
